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Boris Spassky vs Vasily Smyslov
Leningrad - Moscow (1960), rd 2, Jan-17
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation (D24)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 5...Nc6 6.a5 e6 7.e3 Bb4 8.Bxc4 Nxa5 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O = -0.28 (29 ply)= +0.39 (26 ply) 7.Bf4 e6 8.dxe6 Qxd1+ 9.Rxd1 Bxe6 10.e3 Be7 11.Ng5 = +0.41 (23 ply)= -0.42 (25 ply) 8...Bg6 9.Nf3 Nxe4 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.O-O Nd6 12.Be2 Bf5 = -0.31 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.79 (25 ply) 11.Be3 Rxh2 12.Rxh2 Qxh2 13.Qf3 Nbd7 14.Bf4 Qh5 15.Qxh5 ⩲ +0.81 (25 ply) 11...Rxh2 12.Rxh2 Qxh2 13.Qd2 Qxg2 14.Qf4 Qg1+ 15.Bf1 = -0.22 (27 ply)better is 12.h3 Qxf5 13.Qd2 O-O-O 14.Rd1 Ne5 15.Qe3 e6 16.f4 Nd3+ ⩲ +0.74 (25 ply)= 0.00 (26 ply)better is 14...Ng4 15.Qe4 Qxe4 16.Nxe4 Nde5 17.Bf1 Rh2 18.Rxh2 = 0.00 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.59 (24 ply)better is 18.Bd3 Rg7 19.Ne4 Kb8 20.d6 f5 21.Ng5 Nxd6 22.Rhe1 Qf4 ⩲ +0.80 (22 ply)better is 18...Qh8 19.Bg3 Nd6 20.Bd3 Rg4 21.Ne4 Kb8 22.Be2 Rxg3 = +0.19 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.78 (25 ply) 20...Rg5 21.Bf4 Kb8 22.Rh1 Qg4 23.Bxg5 Qxg5 24.Ne4 Qf4 ⩲ +0.92 (25 ply) ± +1.97 (25 ply) 21...Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Qg5 23.d6 Re6 24.dxe7 Qxe7 25.f3 Nb8 ± +2.15 (27 ply)+- +3.62 (28 ply)better is 26.Qh7 Ne5 27.f4 Nc6 28.Qxf7+ Re7 29.Qd5 Rg7 30.Be1 Rg1 +- +4.09 (28 ply)+- +2.54 (25 ply) 27...Kc6 28.Rb3 Nd5 29.Qxf7 Re1+ 30.Ka2 Be7 31.Qf3 c4 +- +2.98 (26 ply)+- +5.29 (26 ply) after 28.Qf3+ d5 29.Bh4 c4 30.Rd4 Ne4 31.Qf5 Nd6 32.Qxd5+ Ka7 34...Re1+ 35.Kc2 Kc6 36.Qe8+ Kc7 37.Bg5 Re4 38.Bd2 Nb4+ +- +3.46 (26 ply)+- +6.40 (28 ply)42...Nc8 43.Qg7 Rh3 44.f7 Rf3 45.f8=Q+ Rxf8 46.Qxf8+ Kd7 +- +132.63 (34 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-25-03  ughaibu: There's been some recent discussion about QGA, this is quite a nice and unusual one.
Dec-30-11  M.D. Wilson: Yes, it is.
Dec-18-14  chessfanprag: why not black 30. - Ne4?
Dec-19-14  Shams: <chessfanprag> 30...Ne4 31.Qxf7 Nd2+ 32.Ka2 Nxb3 33.Qxe6 looks convincing.

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